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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2020.0499
                       Intel SA-00307: CSME Advisory
                             13 February 2020

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Intel Converged Security and Management Engine
Publisher:         Intel
Operating System:  Linux variants
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Increased Privileges     -- Existing Account
                   Denial of Service        -- Existing Account
                   Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2019-14598  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00307.html

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INTEL-SA-00307

The latest security information on Intel products.

Intel CSME Advisory

      Intel ID:                            INTEL-SA-00307
Advisory Category:    Firmware
Impact of             Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service, Information
vulnerability :       Disclosure
Severity rating :     HIGH
Original release:     02/11/2020
Last revised:         02/11/2020

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in CSME subsystem may allow escalation of
privilege, denial of service, and information disclosure. Intel is releasing
firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-14598

Description: Improper Authentication in subsystem in Intel(R) CSME versions
before 12.0.49 (IOT only: 12.0.56),13.0.21, 14.0.11 may allow a privileged user
to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service or information
disclosure via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel CSME versions before 12.0.49 (IOT only: 12.0.56),13.0.21, 14.0.11.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating to Intel CSME versions 12.0.49, 13.0.21, and 14.0.11
or later provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

Intel recommends IOT customers using Intel CSME version 12.0.55 to update to
12.0.56 or later provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these
issues.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank
Chedva Gottesman.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice
called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is
generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.

Revision History

Revision    Date      Description
1.0      02/11/2020 Initial Release

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Copyright (C) Intel Corporation 2019

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